Stolz and Ilyinskaya relations. Goncharov

Stolz and Olga. Two love stories. While these events unfold in the house on Vyborg side, in distant Switzerland another is taking place in parallel love story. Having met Olga and her aunt abroad, Stolz again takes on the mission of an older friend and teacher, and suddenly realizes with amazement that she can rather teach him how to “not allow the soul to be lazy” (these lines from Zabolotsky, although written later, could not have been more better convey the dominant character of Olga - eternal search). "He ( Stolz) watched with surprise and alarm how her mind demanded daily daily bread, how her soul did not stop talking, kept asking for experience and life<…>. Having furnished Olga with flowers, books, sheet music and albums, Stolz calmed down, believing that he had filled his friend’s leisure time for a long time.<…>and suddenly she would see ready-made questions on her face...” Knowing the history of the temporary resurrection of the phlegmatic Oblomov, we believe that even the rational Stolz could not resist the charm of this seeking soul and was wounded by her friendly indifference. "From him<…>the arrogant self-confidence subsided; he didn’t joke lightly, listening to stories about how others lose their minds and waste away<…>out of love..." "What about Olga! Was she oblivious to his situation or was she insensitive to him? Stolz, thus, finds himself in the position of Onegin, who “is drying up, and is hardly / No longer suffering from consumption,” while the society lady Tatyana “... is either not visible, or is it not a pity...”

Olga, like Pushkin’s heroine, is actually “visible” and “sorry”; but Goncharova’s heroine - like Tatyana - feels the chains of duty. Yes, she is not married, but she has already experienced a love interest, and according to the strict Puritan morality of that time, this was already considered treason, baseness: “She ( Olga) rummaged through her experience: no information was found there about second love. I remembered about the authorities<…>- hears an inexorable sentence from all sides: “A woman truly loves only once.” Of course, sanctimoniously minded society maidens, like the notorious Sonechka, used cunning to save themselves from the pangs of conscience: “Sonechka would not even think about saying about Oblomov that she joked with him, for fun, that he is so funny, that is it possible to love “such a bag”, that no one will believe it." But this option is not for honest Olga, something else would be closer to her - “...then, maybe, she would find a “decent match”, of which there are many, and she would be good, smart, caring wife and mother, and would consider the past a girl’s dream...” That is, she would again be like Tatyana, “she would be a faithful wife and a virtuous mother...”.

But the moment of inevitable explanation has arrived. “I’ll help you... did you... love?..” Stolz said forcefully - his own words hurt him so much.” The strength of the character’s experiences, his jealousy, his pain is emphasized by pauses and remarks: “he again smelled of horror,” “he himself felt that his lips were trembling.” However, the pain gave way to “amazement”, and then “a joyful shiver ran through him” - when he learned that the object of his first love was Oblomov. “Oh, if only I could know that the hero of this novel is Ilya! How long did it take? How much blood has spoiled! For what?" - he repeats several times. A devoted friend, he, however, does not see a worthy opponent in Oblomov; a person you can truly fall in love with. “But for love you need something... which cannot be defined, cannot be named, and which is not in my incomparable, but clumsy Ilya,” Stolz declares triumphantly. Without suspecting that he is repeating Sonechka almost word for word with her arrogant statements that it is impossible to “love such a bag.” I wonder if it would be an exaggeration to say that Andrei Ivanovich at that moment, uttering these words, betrayed his old friend.

Olga behaves the same way. Having made sure that nothing threatened her future happiness with Stolz, she “tried to blame herself only so that he would defend her more fervently, in order to be more and more right in his eyes.” Finally, Ilyinskaya asks decisive question: “But if he... changed, came to life, listened to me and... wouldn’t I love him then?” “But this is another novel and another hero, about whom we don’t care.” The reader, like Olga, knows that everything was far from so simple. But it is easier for the heroine and Stolz himself to believe and agree with the “retrospectively” derived wisdom: “Your so-called love lacked content; she couldn't go any further. And even before the separation you separated and were faithful not to love, but to its ghost, which you yourself invented...” Before us is a happy explanation, foreshadowing a successful marital union, but if you think about it, one of the most terrible and bleak pages of the novel.

A stunning contrast to this selfishly proud happiness is the scene in which Oblomov learns that his best friend married his beloved (still loved by him) girl. “Dear Andrey! - Oblomov said, hugging him. - Dear Olga... Sergeevna! - he added<…>- God himself blessed you! My God! how happy I am! Tell her...” ““I’ll say that I don’t know another Oblomov!” - Stolz, deeply touched, interrupted him. This repeated pause before calling his beloved officially - by name and patronymic - can say a lot about his hidden feelings. In the greatness of soul, Goncharov’s character is equal to Pushkin’s lyrical hero: “...I loved you so sincerely, so tenderly, / As God grant you to be loved differently.”]

The explanation took place far from Russia, in charming but alien Switzerland, and the young Stolts settled to live far from the Russian hinterland - in Crimea. “A network of grapes, ivy and myrtles covered the cottage from top to bottom.” In the same vein, Goncharov gives a description interior decoration charming cottage. Everything is harmonious (the piano is in a place of honor), functional (“high desk”, “gloves”, “samples of various clays, goods and other things”), and - the reader is cold from this “correctness”. As soon as the hero or heroine enters Oblomov’s “field of attraction,” the novel blooms with color. And vice versa: as soon as Oblomov leaves, the method of narration changes: dialogues and genre scenes give way to the author’s rather dry analysis.

“On the outside, everything was done with them, like others,” the narrator states, talking about their family life, and draws the usual daily routine - “they got up... early,” “they liked to sit for a long time over tea,” “they had lunch,” “I went to the fields”, “played music”. As a result, the author is forced to admit that their days are passing “as Oblomov dreamed.” “Only there was no drowsiness, no despondency in them...”, as if having come to his senses, he makes a reservation. Let's be fair, moving to another era. For its time, equality such as that reigning in the Stolts family was a rare phenomenon. To understand this, it is enough to turn to one of the early stories of L.N. Tolstoy about family. The heroine of “Family Happiness” Mashenka also marries for love a noble, worthy man, passionate about his rural affairs, landowner Sergei Mikhailych. But in his initially happy marriage, it never occurred to him to involve his wife in his worries and affairs. The result is sad - the young wife is sad, bored, rushes into the pool social life. Only in the finale does the author express hope for harmonization of relations between spouses - through common concerns about raising children. From this historical point of view, Stolz’s relationship with his wife approaches the ideal: “Some kind of construction, affairs on his or Oblomov’s estate, company operations - nothing was done without her knowledge or participation.” In the end brings to a happy conclusion

And suddenly, unexpectedly for her husband (but not for the reader), in the circle of life’s abundance, in the midst of happy family worries, Olga begins to get bored and languish. “I’m not sick, but...I’m sad<…>. Suddenly something seems to come over me, some kind of melancholy... Life will seem to me... as if not everything is in it<…>. Or am I tormented by a stupid thought: what else will happen? The nervous, stumbling rhythm of Olga’s confession reflects the painful work of self-knowledge, an attempt to understand her own soul. She herself is inclined to define her dissatisfaction with life as “daydreaming”, “stupidity”: “Everything pulls me somewhere else, I become dissatisfied with nothing... My God! I’m even ashamed of these nonsense..."

But Andrei was able to quickly grasp and poetically describe the essence of her torment: “No, your sadness, languor<…>- rather a sign of strength... The search for a living, irritated mind sometimes rushes beyond everyday boundaries, does not find, of course, answers, and sadness appears... temporary dissatisfaction with life... This is the sadness of the soul asking life about its mystery. However, knowing that “if so, this is not nonsense”, that the “Promethean fire” of knowledge and thirst for activity for the benefit of people burns in her - what paths does Stolz offer her? "You and I are not Titans<…>, he suggests. Let us bow our heads and humbly endure this difficult moment. And again then life and happiness will smile...” Moreover, the business-like, rational Stolz suddenly remembers the wrath of the gods. “Make sure that fate doesn’t overhear your murmur,” he concluded with a superstitious remark<…>, - and didn’t consider it ungrateful! She doesn’t like it when her gifts are not appreciated.” He gives her worldly wise, but vulgar from an existential point of view, advice - to cherish the present: “Wait a minute, when<…>grief and labor will come... and they will come - then... there’s no time for these questions...” Long pauses here carry the opposite meaning: not to understand oneself, but to consolidate one’s reasoning in the interlocutor’s mind. It is clear why, after such a conversation, Olga begins to see “certain and menacing dreams,” “... she saw a chain of losses...” And, of course, she became more closely attached to her husband, as the only protector from future troubles: “... Love alone did not betray her even in this dream..."

Many readers did not agree that this was the final stage of Olga’s relationship with Stolz. This intimidated happiness is too contrary to the logic of the heroine’s character and the “Promethean fire” that really burns in her. Such a subtle critic as Dobrolyubov saw the inevitability of their breakup if the action of the novel continued: “And she ( Olga) is ready for this fight, yearns for it<…>. It is clear that she does not want to bow her head and humbly experience difficult moments... She left Oblomov when she stopped believing in him; she will leave Stolz too if she stops believing in him. And this will happen if questions and doubts do not stop tormenting her.”

Thus, Stolz cannot be called one of the best people of his generation. It seemed that, unlike Oblomov, Andrei Ivanovich fulfilled all the conditions for this. Many of his peers were eager to “look into German universities” - he “sat on the student benches in Bonn, Jena, Erlangen.” When others were “getting ready... to travel the length and breadth of Europe,” Stolz “learned Europe as his domain.” Conscience commanded them to raise the dignity of women, make them equal to men, “purify their taste” - he accomplished this in his family, with Olga. He forgot the main thing - all these conditions were supposed to lead to main goal- “serve” one’s country, since “Russia needs hands and heads.” Andrei, having received Ilyinskaya’s consent, sums up with satisfaction: “Olga is my wife... Everything has been found. There is nothing to look for, nowhere else to go.” Dobrolyubov expressed the opinion of the majority of readers when he was perplexed how Stolz “could be satisfied with his lonely, separate, exclusive happiness...”. Reflections on Stolz's present allow us to take a different look at Oblomov. He found no great purpose in his life. But the hero, at least, looked for her, fought. He even tried to oppose himself to society, at least in the form of a “domestic” protest. And he became convinced that he couldn’t do anything. Ilya Ilyich does not delude himself about the bitter results of his life.

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Goncharov's novel Oblomov is primarily remembered for its hero Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, who leads an apathetic, inactive way of life. In contrast to the lazy Oblomov, his friend is depicted - Andrei Ivanovich Stolts - a man of humble origin, who, thanks to his hard work, is awarded personal title of nobility.

Family and origin of Andrei Stolts

Unlike most of the main characters of the novel, Andrei Ivanovich Stolts was not a hereditary nobleman, like his father, Ivan Bogdanovich Stolts. Andrei Ivanovich received the title of nobleman much later, thanks to his hard work and diligence in the service, rising to the position of court councilor.

Andrei Ivanovich's father had German roots; about twenty years ago he left his homeland and went in search of better fate, which brought him from his native Saxony to the village of Verkhlevo. Here, not far from Oblomovka, Stolz was a manager and was also involved in teaching. Thanks to his hard work, he managed to significantly accumulate capital and get married successfully. His wife was a young girl from an impoverished noble family. Ivan Bogdanovich was pleased happy man V family life.

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Soon they had a son, who was named Andrei. The boy turned out to be capable of science, he easily mastered basic knowledge and actively took part in work at the factory and in the field, where he actively adopted his father’s knowledge in the field of agronomy.

The Stolts always lived modestly - the father saved money for his son and did not spend it on unnecessary things. According to the Oblomovites, the Stoltsy lived extremely poorly - their food was not high in fat, their diet included simple dishes.

Soon, Andrei’s father sent him to study at the university; his mother was very upset about the separation from her son. She was unable to meet him after graduating from university - the woman died. According to tradition, the father sends his son on a free voyage. For him, as a German, this was an everyday thing, which cannot be said about the local population, but since his mother was no longer alive at that time, there was no one to contradict Ivan Bogdanovich.

Education and upbringing of Andrei Stolts

From the first days, the upbringing of Andrei Ivanovich Stolts differed from the educational system traditionally accepted in society. Among the nobles, it was customary to pamper their children and take care of them in every possible way, but the father’s German roots do not give him the right to adhere to this model of education. From childhood, Ivan Bogdanovich tried to raise his son in such a way as to make it easier for him later life. He often went with his father to the factory and to the arable land, took an active part in all preparatory work, which greatly upset his mother, who wanted to raise him in classical traditions nobles

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The father "accepted" his little son to work as a craftsman and paid him 10 rubles a month for his work. This was not a formality - Andrei Ivanovich really worked off this money and even signed in a special book about its receipt, like all Stolz’s employees.

This labor education soon brought positive results - at the age of 14, Andrei Stolts was an absolutely independent boy and could travel to the city alone on behalf of his father. Andrei Ivanovich always accurately carried out his father’s instructions and never forgot anything.

Like all children, Andrei Stolts was an active and inquisitive child, he constantly took part in various pranks. However, such restlessness did not prevent Stolz from getting a good education. He learned the basics at home, and then studied at a boarding school organized by his father for local children. After graduating from the boarding school, Stolz continues his studies at the university.

Andrei Ivanovich, like the nobles, knew French and was trained musical literacy, after which he actively played the piano four hands with his mother. In addition, Andrei Ivanovich knew German.

Appearance of Andrey Stolts

Goncharov does not provide readers with a description of Andrei Ivanovich’s appearance during his childhood and youth. We meet Stolz during his maturity. Andrei Ivanovich is the same age as Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, but outwardly Stolz looks much younger than his age. The reason for this was his active way of life. At thirty years old, Andrei Ivanovich was a well-built man with an athletic build. There was nothing superfluous in his physique; in his build he resembled an English horse, since he was similar in muscles and bones.

His eyes were green, there was something childish in them, they were expressive.

His skin was dark. This is where the meager description of Andrei Ivanovich Stolts ends.

Personality characteristics

What is most striking about Stolz is his hard work and passion for learning. While still a child, he actively explores the world and tries to adopt all his father’s knowledge.

Andrei Ivanovich spends a lot of time traveling - in this way he not only has fun and relaxes, Stolz sees in his trips an opportunity to exchange knowledge and learn business experience from foreign acquaintances. Stolz is constantly studying something, reading various books.

Andrei Ivanovich does not neglect secular society, he can often be seen in the light.

Andrei Ivanovich is an honest and sincere person, but he is completely devoid of romanticism. Stolz doesn’t even know how to dream; he is a down-to-earth, practical person. He retained his childlike vivacity and activity -

Andrey Ivanovich is constantly busy with something. Stolz knows how to value his time and spend it usefully. Andrey Ivanovich knows how to rationally distribute his time, thanks to this he manages to do a lot of things and be on time everywhere. Despite such external rigidity and pragmatism, Andrei Ivanovich is not devoid of the ability to empathize and compassion, but he is not used to demonstrating his feelings in front of people. Andrei Ivanovich is a very restrained person, he knows how to control his feelings and is never a hostage to them.

Stolz's life is not as carefree as it might seem at first glance, but he is not used to complaining to anyone or blaming anyone else for his failures - he associates all failures primarily with personal shortcomings. Andrey Ivanovich - strong personality, he is not used to retreating from difficulties and makes every effort to overcome them.

He never got lost in difficult situations– Stolz is guided in life common sense– it’s difficult to unsettle him.

Stolz loves order in everything - he has his own place for all his writing instruments, papers and books. Andrei Ivanovich always puts his things “in their place” and nothing else.

Andrei Ivanovich undoubtedly has determination and perseverance, he is able to work hard to achieve his goal.

Stolz knows how to evaluate his merits. He doesn't care much about what people say about him. Andrey Ivanovich is an open person. He willingly meets new people and is ready to maintain friendly relations with his acquaintances.

Ilya Oblomov and Andrey Stolts

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov and Andrei Stolts have been friends since childhood. They grew up in neighboring villages, so they knew each other since childhood. After Andrei Ivanovich’s father opened a boarding school, the communication between Andrei Ivanovich and Ilya Ilyich moved to a new level - during their studies together they became close friends, despite the difference in character and origin. Andrei Ivanovich often carried out Oblomov’s tasks out of pity for his friend - the lazy Ilya often neglected to complete tasks, could not bring himself to learn anything - most of the tasks were carried out by Stolz. He did this not for selfish purposes - he was guided solely by friendly feelings and the desire to help his comrade.

From time to time, Andrei Ivanovich comes to his friend’s rented apartment and tries to stir him up. On one of these visits, Stolz decides to radically change the life of his friend - he forcibly draws him into the cycle of social life. Complaints about Oblomov’s fatigue touch Stolz, but he still purposefully goes towards his goal. Andrei Ivanovich does the unthinkable - he successfully agitates Oblomov to go abroad with him and even helps him organize training camps, but the planned trip does not take place - Oblomov, in love, decides to stay with the object of his adoration, and not join his friend. Offended by Oblomov’s apathy, Stolz does not communicate with him for some time, but minds his own business. At the next meeting, Stolz, without a shadow of resentment, comes to visit his friend and discovers that he was again covered by a wave of Oblomovism, but, this time, he is no longer so actively trying to pull Oblomov out of his swamp of laziness.

Despite such significant differences in character, temperament and way of life, Stolz and Oblomov maintain their friendship. There are two explanations for this paradox. The first is that their friendship began in their childhood years, and the second is that they both see first and foremost in a person positive traits character. Based on this, Stolz notices not Oblomov’s laziness and apathy, but Ilya Ilyich’s good disposition.

From time to time, Andrei Ivanovich takes care of his friend’s affairs - since he cannot overcome his laziness and organize things on his estate on his own, but only hires people to act as managers who do not neglect to take advantage of Oblomov’s gullibility and lack of education in matters of housekeeping in their favor.

Despite all the efforts of Stolz, he never managed to pull his friend out of the swamp of Oblomovism. Ilya Ilyich began cohabiting with the owner of the rented home and soon they had a son, who was named after Stoltz - Andrey. After the death of Ilya Ilyich, Stolz takes his son into custody and takes care of Oblomovka’s affairs until he comes of age. little Andrey.

Andrey Stolts and Olga Ilyinskaya

Olga Ilyinskaya and Andrei Stolts were old acquaintances. The significant age difference did not initially allow them to build any relationship other than friendly ones. Andrei Ivanovich perceived Olga, despite the fact that the girl was 20 years old, as a child (at that time Stolz was 30). The girl herself has sympathy for Stolz, but does not dare to take the first step.

Andrei Ivanovich unintentionally becomes the cause of the great tragedy in the girl’s life - one evening he introduces Olga to his friend Ilya Oblomov. Stolz’s ignorance of Olga as a woman became the reason for the romance between Oblomov and Ilyinskaya. Despite the sincerity of the lovers’ feelings and the seriousness of their intentions, things did not go beyond a secret engagement - Oblomov and Ilyinskaya parted.

Olga Sergeevna goes abroad, where she meets Stolz, who suspects nothing of her unsuccessful romance. Andrei Ivanovich often visits the Ilyinskys - he brings Olga flowers and books, and then quickly leaves to work. Unbeknownst to himself, Stolz falls in love and for the first time in his life becomes a hostage of feelings. Stolz decides that his life will be unthinkable without this sweet girl and proposes to Olga. Ilyinskaya finds herself in predicament- the relationship with Oblomov completely discouraged her from tying the knot with anyone, the girl does not dare to give any answer to Stolz and therefore decides to tell him everything about their relationship with Oblomov. After this conversation, a lot of things in Stolz’s mind fall into place, he now understands the reasons for Oblomov’s reluctance to go abroad, Andrei Ivanovich also clearly understands why the engagement of Ilyinskaya and Oblomov did not end with a wedding - lazy Oblomovism nevertheless finally dragged his friend into its swamp.

Despite Olga’s pessimism, Andrei Ivanovich does not give up his intention and soon he becomes Olga Ilyinskaya’s husband. It is not known how their wedding took place, but it is known for sure that in marriage both Olga and Andrey were able to realize themselves and achieve harmony. It cannot be said that the marriage to Stolz erased the unpleasant memories of the relationship with Oblomov, but over time, Olga became much calmer about this period in her life.

Olga turned out to be a good mother - they have children in their marriage. Harmony in the relationship between Olga and Andrey was achieved primarily by the similarity of their character and attitude to life - both Olga and Andrey are used to being active figures, they are ready for changes and overcoming life’s difficulties, so such a marriage does not burden them. Olga becomes a mother not only to her children, but also to the son of Ilya Oblomov - her and her husband’s selflessness, friendly attitude and positive attitude made it possible to create not only a harmonious platform for the development of their own children, but also for little Andryusha, whom they treated as their child .

Thus, Andrei Ivanovich Stolts managed not to succumb to the characteristic laziness of most nobles and achieve significant results in several types of activities - he also established himself as good owner possessions, and as a good friend, and as a wonderful husband and father. His active life position allowed him to become a harmonious person and bring happiness to the lives of other people.

Characteristics of Andrei Stolts in the novel “Oblomov”: description of appearance, character, origin in quotes

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My favorite "Oblomov": Family life of Olga and Stolz October 30th, 2014

I really love the writer I.A. Goncharova, author of three famous novels starting with the letter "O". In a sense, he is my teacher. I am impressed by the psychologism of his stories. The love with which he describes his heroes. Sometimes, the subtlest sense of humor. Wisdom and observation. But most of all I learn from him...kindness. Kindness and total acceptance human characteristics. Without condemnation, humiliating comparison, with fatherly love and compassion. It's wonderful when an author writes like that! This is probably why I so want to return to his images and find answers to my questions in their behavior...

I fell in love with the novel “Oblomov” back in school. This is the merit of our teacher, who, on the eve of studying the work, called the parents to allow the children to see its film adaptation. The film was broadcast at night, and I patiently watched TV until half past two. But then I gave up and read the novel with enthusiasm. I was curious to know how it would end... :)

In high school we wrote comparative characteristics - Oblomov and Stolz, Oblomov and Olga... Teachers cannot do without comparison. They really want their children to learn to think independently and choose the best. And I also critically compared and chose. Of course, I didn’t like Oblomov lazily lying on the sofa. Stolz seemed too pedantic. Olga is proud. I wanted all the characters in the novel to be ideal. But none of the teachers told us then that this imperfection has its own beauty. And your possible perfection...

Last year I opened Oblomov for one purpose. I wanted to understand which way was better. A priest I know wrote that since ancient times Christianity has recognized two spiritual paths - active and contemplative. There was more than enough activity in me, but the contemplative side then seemed unknown and therefore beckoned. And, I don’t know why, I decided that the expressive characters of Oblomov and Stolz would give me a hint.

But when I started reading, the vivid images of the characters captivated me and captivated me. I fell in love and felt each of them separately. And she experienced the drama of their relationship in a completely different way than in her youth. I discovered a lot of beauty, touchingness and wonder in them...

I guess over time I become more contemplative. Because now it doesn’t always seem appropriate to me to analyze and compare, as we were taught at school. I started to like just admiring. Just re-read consonant fragments of books as they are, and dissolve in their language, atmosphere, spirit... Where I am, where I am not - the boundaries are erased. Enjoying beauty, wisdom, high example - this is the answer...

And I want to share this beauty with you, my friends. In the next few journal entries I will post the most interesting and “tasty” (in my personal opinion) fragments of “Oblomov”. I hope that at least a small part of my pleasure will touch your hearts. Or maybe it will make someone want to re-read Russian classics.

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Family life of Olga and Stolz

“The years passed, but they did not get tired of living. Silence came, the gusts subsided; the curves of life became clear, they endured them patiently and cheerfully, and life never ceased for them.

Olga had already been brought up to a strict understanding of life; two existences, hers and Andrei’s, merged into one channel; There could be no rampant wild passions: everything was harmony and silence.

It would seem to fall asleep in this well-deserved peace and bliss, as the inhabitants of calm bliss, meeting three times a day, yawning during an ordinary conversation, falling into a dull slumber, languishing from morning to evening, that everything has been changed, renegotiated and redone, that there is nothing more to say and to do and that “such is life in the world.”

On the outside, everything was done with them as with others. They got up, although not at dawn, but early; they loved to sit for a long time over tea, sometimes they even seemed to be lazily silent, then they went to their own corners or worked together, had lunch, went to the fields, played music... just like everyone else, just as Oblomov dreamed...

Only there was no drowsiness or despondency among them; They spent their days without boredom and apathy; there was no sluggish look, no words; their conversation never ended; it was often heated.

And their silence was sometimes a pensive happiness, which Oblomov dreamed of alone, or mental work alone on the endless material asked of each other...

Often they were plunged into silent wonder at the ever-new and brilliant beauty of nature. Their sensitive souls could not get used to this beauty: the earth, the sky, the sea - everything awakened their feelings, and they sat silently next to each other, looking with one eye and one soul at this creative brilliance and understanding each other without words.

They did not greet the morning with indifference; could not stupidly plunge into the darkness of a warm, starry, southern night. They were awakened by the eternal movement of thought, the eternal irritation of the soul and the need to think together, feel, speak!..

But what was the subject of these heated debates, quiet conversations, readings, long walks?

The question is what will he do in family life, it had already settled down and resolved itself. He had to involve her even in his work and business life, because in a life without movement she was suffocating, as if without air.

Any construction, affairs on her or Oblomov’s estate, company transactions - nothing was done without her knowledge or participation. Not a single letter was sent without being read to her, no thought, much less execution, passed her by; she knew everything, and everything interested her because it interested him.

At first he did this because it was impossible to hide from her: a letter was written, a conversation took place with an attorney, with some contractors - in front of her, in front of her eyes; then he began to continue this out of habit, and finally it turned into a necessity for him too.

Her remark, advice, approval or disapproval became an inevitable verification for him: he saw that she understood exactly the same as he, she understood, she reasoned no worse than him... Zakhar was offended by such ability in his wife, and many are offended - and Stolz was happy!

And reading and studying - eternal nutrition thoughts, its endless development! Olga was jealous of every book or magazine article that was not shown to her, she was seriously angry or offended when he did not deign to show her something, in his opinion, too serious, boring, incomprehensible to her, she called it pedantry, vulgarity, backwardness, scolded him “ an old German wig." Lively, irritable scenes took place between them about this.

She was angry, and he laughed, she was even more angry and then only made peace when he stopped joking and shared his thought, knowledge or reading with her. It ended with the fact that everything that he needed or wanted to know or read, she also needed.

He did not force scientific technology on her, so that later, with the stupidest of boasts, he could be proud of his “learned wife.” If one word had escaped her speech, even a hint of this claim, he would have blushed more than if she had responded with a dull look of ignorance at something common in the field of knowledge, but not yet accessible to women. modern education question. He only wanted, and she wanted twice as much, so that there was nothing inaccessible - not to knowledge, but to her understanding.

He did not draw tables and numbers for her, but talked about everything, read a lot, without pedantically running around any economic theory, social or philosophical issues, he spoke with enthusiasm, passion: it was as if he was painting an endless, living picture knowledge. Afterwards, the details disappeared from her memory, but the drawing never smoothed out in her receptive mind, the colors never disappeared, and the fire with which he illuminated the cosmos she created never went out.

He will tremble with pride and happiness when he notices how the spark of this fire glows in her eyes, how the echo of the thought conveyed to her sounds in speech, how this thought entered her consciousness and understanding, was processed in her mind and looks out from her words, not dry and stern, but with the brilliance of feminine grace, and especially if some fruitful drop from everything spoken, read, drawn, sank like a pearl to the bright bottom of her life.

As a thinker and as an artist, he wove a rational existence for her, and never before in his life had he been absorbed so deeply, neither during his studies, nor in those difficult days when he struggled with life, extricated himself from its twists and turns and grew stronger, tempering himself in experiences of masculinity, as now, nursing this incessant, volcanic work of the spirit of his friend!

How happy I am! - Stolz said to himself and dreamed in his own way, looking ahead to when the honey years of marriage had passed.

In the distance he smiled again new image, not selfish Olga, not passionately loving wife, not a mother-nanny, then fading into a colorless, not anyone necessary life, but something else, high, almost unprecedented...

He dreamed of the mother-creator and participant in the moral and public life a whole happy generation.

He fearfully wondered whether she would have enough will and strength... and hastily helped her to conquer life for herself as quickly as possible, to develop a reserve of courage for the battle with life - now, precisely, while they were both young and strong, while life spared them or its blows did not seem heavy while grief was drowning in love."

Introduction Features of the relationship between Olga and Stolz Why is the marriage and love of Olga and Stolz tragic? Conclusion

Introduction

Important storyline The novel “Oblomov” is the relationship between Olga Ilyinskaya and Andrei Ivanovich Stolts. They are bright, purposeful, active individuals who seem to be ideal for each other - their marriage seemed to be predetermined and logical from the first meeting with the characters. However, despite the similar characterization of Olga and Stolz in the novel “Oblomov” by Goncharov, the heroes, having lived together for several years, feel unhappy, unfulfilled and, in their own way, constrained by the bonds of marriage. The reasons for this lie in the fact that the girl considered marriage to be another step towards personal development, and the man saw it as a quiet haven where he could take a break from the bustle of the outside world.

Features of the relationship between Olga and Stolz

The relationship between Olga and Stolz begins with good friendship and mutual respect. A young girl is interested in an accomplished adult man who helps her learn more and more about the world around her and develop as a full-fledged intellectual.

personality. Stolz saw Olga as a grateful student; he liked that the girl admired him as a mentor and teacher.
It is Andrei Ivanovich who introduces Olga to his friend Oblomov, and then sincerely worries that the lovers have separated.

After the girl, having a hard time breaking up with Ilya Ilyich, left for Europe, Stolz, as a best friend, spends almost everything with her free time, gradually becoming enchanted by Olga not as an interesting conversationalist and student, but as a woman, and therefore decides to propose to her. The girl happily agrees to marry the reliable, inspiring Andrei Ivanovich and, it would seem, a happy union awaits them between two personalities striving forward and supporting each other, but both heroes were not ready for a classic marriage, since they put completely different meanings into this concept.

Brought up in the family of a German burgher and a Russian noblewoman, Stolz from childhood absorbed the image of a woman guardian of the hearth - his mother, a gentle and sensual creature, experienced in the sciences and arts. Andrei Ivanovich’s ideal was a woman who, no matter what, would always take care of him, surround him with warmth and love, directing all of herself to the family - this is exactly what he expected from the bright, artistic Olga.

The girl did not want to limit herself to family and home, she did not want to live according to the usual scenario female destiny 19th century. Olga needed an inspiration and teacher who could endlessly satisfy her insatiable thirst for knowledge, while remaining sensual, emotional and loving person, that is, an almost ideal man.

Why is the marriage and love of Olga and Stolz tragic?

As a result of a misunderstanding between the spouses after several years of marriage, Stolz realizes that it is difficult for him to constantly strive and live up to Olga’s male ideal, while the girl begins to suffer from her husband’s excessive rationality and sensual stinginess, remembering the dreamy and gentle Oblomov.
Between Olga and Stolz there is no love that was between Olga and Ilya Ilyich. Their relationship is built on friendship, mutual respect and duty, which replace true love between a man and a woman, and therefore are inferior and destructive for both characters.

Some researchers, analyzing the relationship between Olga and Stolz, point out that if Goncharov had described the fate of their marriage, it would undoubtedly have ended in divorce. And not only because Andrei Ivanovich is too rational and cannot give his wife all the love and sensuality that she valued in Oblomov, but because of their internal incompatibility and, as stated earlier, different visions of family life. All his life, Stolz condemned “Oblomovism” with its calm and satiety, but unconsciously strove for it as the focus of that spiritual warmth and mutual understanding that he valued in his friend. And having married, Andrei Ivanovich seems to recreate the “hated” Oblomovka on his estate, where he lives with his wife and children, hoping to find peace and quiet happiness here.

Stolz simply changed the concepts, considering “Oblomovism” to be simply a new stage in his life, but Olga, whose nature strongly opposes any manifestations of “Oblomovism,” feels unhappy in the cage of family and marriage, remaining married to Andrei Ivanovich more out of duty than because of strong feelings. But her patience is not endless - as soon as her husband ceases to be an inspiration and authority for her, she will leave him, just as she left Oblomov.

Conclusion

By depicting the relationship between Olga and Stolz, the author wanted to show that a happy family is impossible without mutual love, even if the spouses have common interests and similar characters. Comparing their marriage with the marriage of Oblomov and Pshenitsyna (which, although it led to the death of Ilya Ilyich, made the hero happy), Goncharov emphasized that true harmony in relationships is possible only when people have common life values and accept each other as they are.

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